Wait. So what's the final word? Were you critical and all busted up or is it merely a flesh wound?

Seems like you're ok overall and if it were serious enough you would be sent home...

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Quote from: rickfc on Today at 04:25:27 PMNot to turn this political, but I wish this president would get cancer. Incurable cancer.

Seriously man that's just misguided. This is how war works. You survive one scrape and move on to the next. Just think about the boys in nam or WWII. Major battles after major battles only to brush the dust off and keep going. That's why, in my opinion, all military folks are heroes for even signing up for the hitch.

Wait. So what's the final word? Were you critical and all busted up or is it merely a flesh wound?

Seems like you're ok overall and if it were serious enough you would be sent home...

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Quote from: rickfc on Today at 04:25:27 PMNot to turn this political, but I wish this president would get cancer. Incurable cancer.

Seriously man that's just misguided. This is how war works. You survive one scrape and move on to the next. Just think about the boys in nam or WWII. Major battles after major battles only to brush the dust off and keep going. That's why, in my opinion, all military folks are heroes for even signing up for the hitch.

Wait. So what's the final word? Were you critical and all busted up or is it merely a flesh wound?

Seems like you're ok overall and if it were serious enough you would be sent home...

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Quote from: rickfc on Today at 04:25:27 PMNot to turn this political, but I wish this president would get cancer. Incurable cancer.

Seriously man that's just misguided. This is how war works. You survive one scrape and move on to the next. Just think about the boys in nam or WWII. Major battles after major battles only to brush the dust off and keep going. That's why, in my opinion, all military folks are heroes for even signing up for the hitch.

When I got wounded, shrapnel severed my radial artery which caused hypo volemic shock. Also shrapnel in my right knee and right wrist contributed in my overall blood loss which slipped me into a temporary coma. However, those kind of wounds I received did not cause permanent damage (arteries are supposedly the fastest healing part of the body). So there it is, my wolverine healing factor works pretty well.

I'm not disappointed, my tour will be over by the end of the year. But hopefully I can come stateside for 10 days before I ship out again to see my wife and some of you knuckleheads

So that's good for, what, the first shot before the sight picture goes to hell, yes?

heh heh yeah its useless....goddamn Marine humor.

Its like putting a bayonet on a RPG

My father (USAF) went to the latrine one day and sneezed so hard that he cracked his head on the urinal and opened up a cut. The next day, members of his maintenance crew had hung a crash helmet over the urinal for his future use.

So they're still planning to send you back?I hope they change their minds. It seems to this reader that you've done your duty.And they call me "misguided"...

No, they won't change their minds and that's fine with me. I've had some conversations with some other forum members here (via teamspeak, xbox live) about how many times I would've walked away to another job. It may sound arrogant or maybe even egotistical but I can't bring myself to leave my unit or have someone else in charge looking after my knuckleheads. I've been with them for so long and trained them so therefore I feel 100% responsible for them.

I don't do anything special, it doesn't take a genius to do what I do, and I don't make any real money doing it. The only real thing I have a problem doing right now is getting orders to clear a neighborhood of enemies that maybe 50% of them are noncombatants.

Thank you all for getting me home. The time I have spent meeting some of you fine folks and spending time at home with the family is priceless. I'm off to Fort Knox for a while, but I'll be offline for 1 or 2 months.

Thank you all for getting me home. The time I have spent meeting some of you fine folks and spending time at home with the family is priceless. I'm off to Fort Knox for a while, but I'll be offline for 1 or 2 months.

Keep me on your friends list, I'll be back.

God speed Kato.

In the words of Marine General James Mattis (after the invasion of Iraq -and after sending his tanks and artillery home) he sent a message to the Iraqi leaders in every area his men served in:

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I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all.

This is from the "I haven't been paying attention to the Off Topic forum for months" department.

I am JUST reading now that you were wounded. And that you are ok. And that you are going back over. I have learned my lesson and will check in from now on. Glad you are ok Kato. Can't wait to hear you on Live when you return.

This is from the "I haven't been paying attention to the Off Topic forum for months" department.

I am JUST reading now that you were wounded. And that you are ok. And that you are going back over. I have learned my lesson and will check in from now on. Glad you are ok Kato. Can't wait to hear you on Live when you return.

Yup, I got caught again - I did know everything, but not the "going back over" part. I hope this is in time:

Good luck, Kato! Watch your own ass, along with those of your knuckleheads. See you soon, be well!

And the next time you come home, you'd better schedule the stopover to be in Boston or Hartford, the other half of the country would like to meet you!

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Mytocles (MY-toe-cleez)

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!"- I don't remember who said it, and probably neither do they...